HappyHottieHubby wrote:My wife has fallen in love with her BF. She started seeing him and said she would never fall in love, but things progressed to love. Now she says "This changes nothing. I still love you (my husband) just as much, however I love him as well (although not as much)."
She is a great wife and is working hard to make everyone happy. She has asked me what I want her to do - break it off or let her continue seeing us both.
Ladies?
I'd have to send this back to the both of you. How willing are you to share her like this? Have you looked ahead as to how that could impact your future? Discussed certain scenarios...vacations alone or together, holidays and rationing out her time with both of you, his perspective - is he falling for her? how open can the double relationship be - will family members know about it...........there are so many small ways it can impact your life. What are you willing to withstand?
To be honest, falling for a fb is something I am very focused on avoiding. We have had many one and done encounters with an extra guy - when out of town - so no problem since we never expect to see them again, but now we're moving into finding a few guys to establish a relationship with, and my husband and I have talked about the dangers of that. We're coming up on 33 years of marriage - of course some of which were roller coaster rides - but I certainly feel devoted to him, and vice versa. But as a relationship builds with another guy, along with the intimacy component, I admit that I don't know if we'll be able to avoid the pitfalls.
To help with that, our plan has him screening and then meeting and ultimately approving the guys beforehand. I also share every text and email with him so he knows exactly what is going on. He has stressed to me that he wants me to like the guys I'm with and so far, after some good encounters or lengthy steamy and/or down-to-earth-this-is-me type of emails, when I ask him what he's thinking, he says he's not jealous and he likes how the heat grows. And it greatly intensifies our own erotic encounters. Maybe if I ever find myself thinking of a fb when I'm with my husband, I'll recognize that as a red flag and husband and I will discuss that. How much is it worth to him to continue with this adventure if the risk is losing me?
Even with safeguards, however, I know it can happen. I THINK if it starts to happen, if I DID think of another guy when I'm with my husband - I assume other women know what I mean by this because I imagine we all think of other guys sometimes during sex with our husbands, but as tools not
lovers, I would cut myself off from the guy pretty quickly. I don't want to risk losing my husband.